Well, Mr. Nice Guy blew up at work today and basically told a supervisor what she could do with the workload she was about to assign me. She caught me off guard and I let loose. I refused to do it. Finally she agreed to get me some help with it. Fair enough. Later she came up to me laughing and said "you really flipped on me, didn't you?" She then thanked me for telling her I felt it was too much. I replied that I could have been a little more calm and polite about it. She said not to worry about it. She's always been a nice lady. Late last week I let Voldy have it too. There was an issue re communication between our daughter and us around school issues. I talked to D15 about it and Voldy phoned. I told Voldy what I had done and she replied "Yes, you've discussed it with her but does she understand the severity of this?" and I replied "I don't know whether she understands the severity or not, I'm not her f'ing brain. If I was her f'ing brain maybe I would understand but I'm not. All I know is what I've told her and I've done the best I can. You don't think that's good enough, tough sh!t." She says "Why are you so angry?" It was another week of issue after issue. I was fed up. It has been a long month in many ways...and I've only shared with you guys the major stuff, the rest of it just pecks you to death like a flock of chickens. Do chickens have flocks? Anyhow, it's time to deep breathe.